Chapter Newsletters

 

We all know that communication with your members is very important. You want them to be informed, aware and prepared - for everything. A great way to accomplish this is to have a chapter newsletter.

 

To help you get started, here are some suggestions of items you might want to include in your newsletter:

 

• Message from the Chapter President
• Calendar of upcoming chapter and ASCnet events
• Recap of your most recent chapter meeting
• Update on what's happening in the industry
• Tips and Tricks
• Contact information for your chapter officers

 

Once you know what items you want to include in your newsletter you'll want to decide how you're going to put it all together. For instance you'll want to answer these questions before you get started:

 

• Will you be e-mailing or snail mailing this newsletter?
• How much information will you be including? Will it fill up 1 page, 2 pages, or more?
• What will it look like? Will you be sending it as a regular e-mail or will you want to make it look more like a professional newsletter? 

 

If you decide to have a more professional looking newsletter, you might want to use one of Microsoft's newsletter templates. You will find an extensive sampling by going to Microsoft's newsletter template pages.

 

There is no one correct way to prepare your newsletters. The only important thing to remember is that you be consistent. If you're going to send a newsletter, make sure every issue is recognizable as your chapter's newsletter and that it arrives in your members' mail/e-mail box when expected.

 

Now you just need to get started. To help you out, here are some examples of what other chapters are doing:

Mountain-Plains ASCnet Chapter Newsletter
NY Hudson Valley Users Group Newsletter
South Western Ontario Users Group Applied Systems Newsletter (Adobe PDF File)